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Royal Artillery   69 Books
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18-PR. Q.F. Gun. Gun Drill. 1914. Orig. printed wraps., 24pp. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1914  #68449
[HLMainPic] Official Copy. Drill for moving, mounting, loading, firing, misfires, cease fire & more actions relating to the gun. Also how ro deal with jammed breech mechanisms, &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
18-PR. Q.F. Gun. Gun Drill. 1916. (Reprinted with Amendments, 1917.) Orig. printed wraps., 22pp. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1917  #68450
[HLMainPic] Official Copy. Drill for moving, mounting, loading, firing, misfires, cease fire & more actions relating to the gun. Also how to deal with jammed breech mechanisms, &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
18-PR. Q.F. Gun. Section Gun Drill. 1912. Orig. printed wraps., 15pp. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1912  #68448
[HLMainPic] Official Copy. Drill for moving, mounting, loading, firing, misfires, cease fire & more actions relating to the gun. VG with two Amendments slips pasted in. See illustration on our website.   £45
60-PR. B.L. Gun, Mark II, 1916. Carriage. Gun Drill. 1916. Orig. printed wraps., 31pp. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1916  #68453
[HLMainPic] Official Copy. Drill for moving, mounting, loading, firing, misfires, cease fire & more actions relating to the gun. Also how to deal with jammed breech mechanisms, &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
60-PR. B.L. Gun. Section Gun Drill. 1912. Orig. printed wraps., 13pp. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1912  #68451
[HLMainPic] Official Copy. Drill for moving, mounting, loading, firing, misfires, cease fire & more actions relating to the gun. VG with Amendment slip tipped-in. See illustration on our website.   £45
Artillery & Trench Mortar Memories, 32nd Division. 1st Ed., 687pp. Printed by Unwin Bros. 1932  #63558
[HLMainPic] Very substantial compilation by Old Comrades, containing diaries of Lt. A.B. Scott, MC, of "X" & "W" TM Batteries & Reconnaissance Officer, 32nd Div. Artillery HQ; Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson, MC, Chaplain, 32nd Div. Artillery; late Major L. Heathcote-Amory, Staff Capt., 32nd Div. Artillery (DoW Aug. 1918) & brief recollections by seven others. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £145
Artillery & Trench Mortar Memories, 32nd Division. 1st Ed., 687pp. Printed by Unwin Bros. 1932  #68462
[HLMainPic] Very substantial compilation by Old Comrades, containing diaries of Lt. A.B. Scott, MC, of "X" & "W" TM Batteries & Reconnaissance Officer, 32nd Div. Artillery HQ; Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson, MC, Chaplain, 32nd Div. Artillery; late Major L. Heathcote-Amory, Staff Capt., 32nd Div. Artillery (DoW Aug. 1918) & brief recollections by seven others. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. tanned/little marked o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £125
Artillery Operations of the Ninth British Corps at Messines, June, 1917. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 124pp., 4 fldg. plates, 10 fldg. maps, 2 tables. Edited at Army War College, Aug. 1917, printed by US Govt. Ptg. Office, Washington. 1917  #66734
[HLMainPic] Designated CONFIDENTIAL! For official use only NOT TO BE TAKEN INTO FRONT LINE TRENCHES. Contains a detailed study of artillery preparations for the Battle of Messines, 7th June 1917, & reproduces various instructions, orders, reports, intelligence & communications. A Summary of Artillery Operations explains that "Systematic trench bombardment & wire cutting was commenced about May 21, 1917, & was intensified about May 28. During the period May 28 to June 6, inclusive, 297 trench bombardments were carried out with aeroplane observation. Wire was cut along front & support lines by trench mortars & 18-lbr. batteries, & on rear lines by 6-inch howitzers with aeroplane observation..." The most informative text is supported by reproductions of four aerial photos. of parts of the Messines battlefield & ten excellent actual size 1:10,000 & 1:20,000 British operational fldg. trench maps, barrage maps, &c., & several tables, all reproduced in colour. Objectives, barrage lifts &c. are shown in great detail. Orig. brown printed wraps., chipped & worn, signs of much use but generally VG, complete & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £225
Four Brothers & The World War: The Private Record of Their Father for His Grandchildren. 1st Ed., xii+281pp., 11 plates, coloured ep maps & one other. Hove: Printed by Combridges For Private Circulation. 1933  #66000
[HLMainPic] War narrative incorporating the military careers of four brothers Wright, utilising their letters & various published sources, operational reports &c. All four were Ed. at Winchester: G.L.W. ('Geoff') served in the RFA,, becoming a battery commander in 46th (North Midland) Div., MC & Bar. He was wounded in the battle of Bellenglise in Sept. 1918. Egerton Lowndes Wright ('Toddy') received a commission in the Buckinghamshire Bn. O&BLI in 1914; served in France from April 1915 onwards, being appointed to the Staff in June, awarded MC & as Brigade Major, 6th Inf. Bde., was KiA 11/5/18; P.L.W. ('Phil') also served in the Bucks. Bn. & on the staff, DSO, MC; F.L.W. ('Frank') went to Sandhurst, crossed to France in Sept. 1914 with 1st Bn. WYR, was severely wounded in Oct. near Hazebrouck. Served on the staff at Horse Guards but died in 1922 from the effects of his wounds. Orig. black & red buckram, gilt, VG indeed, handsomely produced, rare & appealing record of one family's service & loss in the Great War. See illustration on our website.   £325
Handbook of Artillery Instruments. 1914. v+188pp., 51 plates. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1914  #68528
[HLMainPic] Ancillary equipment fully described + superb photos., cutaway drawings &c., inc. telescopes & binoculars, clinometers, No. 7 dial sight, Field Telemeter, range finders, sighting instruments &c. Orig. blind-stamped red cloth, gilt, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.   £65

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